May 14, 2014

What Romo did say to the Cowboys regarding Manziel: ‘It ain’t going to matter,’ no one’s beating me out'

Vice-president Stephen Jones said Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo showed no fear about the possibility of Johnny Manziel being taken with the first overall pick.

Jones said the Cowboys talked to Romo regarding all the pre-draft talk aboout Manziel to reassure him there we no truth to the rumors. Romo's response was bring him it on:

“Of course, his response, as you might expect from Tony,” Stephen Jones said to Adam Schein of Mad Dog radio on wednesday. “It was, ‘Well, if you decide to, it ain’t going to matter, there’s no one out there who can beat me out."

"He’s as excited as he has ever been,” Jones said of Romo's attitude. “He really likes what Scott Linehan has in mind for our offense. He feels like with the moves we made during the draft and solidifying our offensive line and some of the weapons we have, he’s never been more excited about our football team in terms of what we can get accomplished.”